Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In 1961, weeks after graduating from high school, James Finley rose one morning before dawn and left a note. In defiance of his father, who had refused to allow him to leave, he boarded a bus for the ...

Walter Wangerin, a widely recognized writer on the issues of faith and spirituality, wrote: “The difference between shallow happiness and a deep, sustaining joy is sorrow. Happiness lives where sorrow ...

What the thief wants to kill steal and destroy is our relationship with God. Most Christians don’t know what it means to be saved. If you ask us, we are likely to say we are saved from the agony of ...

The small marble table from a Roman-era home was adorned with carved acanthus leaves and the body of Dionysus. When I saw it in the archaeological museum of Thessaloniki, Greece, I broke down crying, ...

Have you ever felt completely alone, even in a crowded room? Or maybe you’ve faced a difficult season and wondered, “God, where are You?” Life can sometimes make us feel isolated, unseen, or forgotten ...

The chapel at Brideshead is based on the chapel at Madresfield Court in Worcestershire, the ancestral home of the Lygon family It was the first sign of intelligence you showed, and no one taught it to ...